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Uniforms and Nonuniforms - (Controversies in Science) by Nathan Joseph (Hardcover)
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- Clothing serves as a system of signs that helps to order social interaction by identifying and locating individuals and groups within society.
- Author(s): Nathan Joseph
- 257 Pages
- Health + Wellness, Beauty & Grooming
- Series Name: Controversies in Science
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About the Book
Clothing serves as a system of signs that helps to order social interaction by identifying and locating individuals and groups within society. In the first in-depth study to analyze the communicative character of uniforms and other types of clothing, Nathan Joseph examines how clothing functions in a variety of social contexts to enforce norms, maintain institutional power, identify group membership, and express or suppress individuality.
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Clothing serves as a system of signs that helps to order social interaction by identifying and locating individuals and groups within society. In the first in-depth study to analyze the communicative character of uniforms and other types of clothing, Nathan Joseph examines how clothing functions in a variety of social contexts to enforce norms, maintain institutional power, identify group membership, and express or suppress individuality.